Time Keeps on Ticking

I'd forgotten what it was like. Being a mom constantly in the car. This week I've been driving Steven to school, meeting him at lunch, and sometimes picking up after school. I normally have a window from 7:50 until 4:00 that is child free. I can get my work done and run any errands. It's amazing how much time the trips to school eat out of my day. 40 minutes disappear in the morning. I get back from the a.m. drive to eat my breakfast and the next thing I know it's 11 and I have to start thinking about heading back to the school for lunch. I take Steven lunch and stay with him while he eats. That sounds totally indulgent, but he really has some eating issues that have not been resolved following his jaw surgery. Let's just say it can be a little gross. So during the lunch trip I lose about 1 hour and 15 minutes. I've been using the waiting time to catch up on some reading. If I need to pick up, like I do today, I lose another hour. I leave here about 3 for a 3:40 pick up. Why so early? You have to get a certain spot at the high school or you end up eating the time waiting to get past the crosswalk. Figure 2000 students with at least a quarter trying to get to their cars, and they are all crossing in a steady stream. (Any carpool mom will tell you about premo parking for school pick up.) So I lose about 3 hours of my normal time. Doesn't seem like much in writing but in trying to get a project done...I feel like I just start and then have to leave again. The up side to all of this is the face time I get with Steven. You have to spend a lot of time with your kids to really hear about what's up in their life. And when you have someone as quiet as Steven, well, you can use all the time you can get.

I want to take a second to kind of correct myself from yesterday. I talked about you are what you take in. My sister phrased it better. You are influenced by what you take in. I think I left it way to black or white.

Which brings me to...If you feel strongly about something I've commented on please let me know. I never, never claim to be an authority on any topic. I am just writing what I am thinking and experiencing. Especially on issues referring to God. I think it is very important to hear others opinions. We learn and grow in part by the discussion.

So I've got to run, I have an hour and 20 minutes before I'm in the car again.